Heritage Highlights

Written by in the Heritage Highlights category and the Fall 1979 issue Topics in this article:
Heritage Highlights is a list of forthcoming exhibits, events and programs at PHMC sites and other statewide historical organizations.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Brandywine Battlefield, Chadds Ford

  • Sept. 9, 1979: Military Drills and Craft Demonstrations

Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro

  • Sept. 9, 1979: Regimental Matches – 10 A.M. to 3 P.M.

Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata

  • Sept. 1, 1979: Vorspiel – 7:15 to 10 P.M.

Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh

  • Sept. 3, 1979: Awards and Recognition Day
  • Sept. 13, 1979: Annual Meeting

Morton Homestead, Prospect Park

  • Oct. 21, 1979: William Penn Heritage Day – 1 to 5 P.M.

Old Economy Village, Ambridge

  • Sept. 13, 1979: Erntefest (Annual Food and Harvest Festival)
  • Oct. 13, 1979: Teachers Workshop
  • Nov. 28-Dec. 13, 1979: Old-Fashioned Christmas for Kindergarten

Old Mill Village, New Milford

  • Sept. 1-3, 1979: Folk Festival – 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.
  • Sept. 29-30, 1979: Harvest Days
  • Sept. 29-30, Oct. 6-7, 1979: Pumpkin Town

Pennsylvania Farm Museum, Landis Valley

  • Oct. 6-7, 1979: Harvest Days – 12 to 5 P.M.

Roland Curtin Foundation, Howard

  • Oct. 27, 1979: Old-Fashioned Apple Butter Make

Searights Toll House, Fairbank

  • Oct. 22, 1979: Fall Foliage
  • Oct. 22, 1979: William Penn Heritage

Somerset Historical Center, Somerset

  • Sept. 7-9, 1979: Mountain Craft Days

William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg

  • Sept. 1979: Changing Exhibits
    • Commonwealth Collections: Fine and Decorative Arts
    • Central Pennsylvania Redware
    • Annette Van Geem – Paintings, Opens Sept. 15
    • John Lazenby’s Susquehanna Summer
    • The Mortise and Tenon Joint
    • Bicycles and Tricycles
  • Oct. 1979: Changing Exhibits
    • Commonwealth Collections: Fine and Decorative Arts
    • Annette Van Geem – Paintings
    • The Mortise and Tenon Joint
    • Bicycles and Tricycles
  • Nov. 1979: Changing Exhibits
    • Commonwealth Collections: Fine and Decorative Arts, Closes Nov. 25
    • John Scholl: Celebration in Wood, Opens Nov. 3
    • Annette Van Geem – Paintings
    • The Mortise and Tenon Joint
    • Bicycles and Tricycles

 

Other Historical Organizations

Chester County Day, West Chester

  • Oct. 6, 1979: 39th Annual Tour

Duquesne History Forum, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh

  • Oct. 17-19, 1979: Annual Meeting

Mennonite Experience in America, Messiah College, Grantham

  • Oct. 25-26, 1979: Third Conference – Religious Revival